Religious Identity-Inconsistent Attending: Its Correlates and Political Implications
The foundation of religious measurement in surveys presumes that individual religious affiliation (“What is your present religion, if any?”) accurately describes the religious community in which respondents are involved. But what if it doesn't? In a recent survey of 4,000 Americans, we asked wh...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2024
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Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2024, Volume: 63, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-22 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Religious identity
/ Church membership
/ Church attendance
/ Political attitude
/ Clergyperson
/ History 2022-2023
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RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion KBQ North America RB Church office; congregation TK Recent history |
Further subjects: | B
Religious Tradition
B political disagreement B worship attendance B Religious Identity B religious switching |
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Summary: | The foundation of religious measurement in surveys presumes that individual religious affiliation (“What is your present religion, if any?”) accurately describes the religious community in which respondents are involved. But what if it doesn't? In a recent survey of 4,000 Americans, we asked whether their current congregation matches their religious identity and about a fifth of Americans indicated that it does not. We document the degree of this inconsistency, its correlates, and its implications, focusing primarily on the politics that congregants are exposed to from clergy and the attitudes they hold about salient political matters. The identity-inconsistent attenders often vary significantly from identity-consistent attenders, which serves to introduce considerable measurement error in the use of a religious tradition measure to depict American religion. The results suggest that salient disagreement induces a sizable population to migrate to a congregation outside their religious identity. |
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ISSN: | 1468-5906 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12877 |